The Rape of the Lock

The involvement of women in domestic terrorism and warfare in the United States has been poorly explored by counterterrorist actors, scholars, and policy makers. This is because the experiences of females in armed conflict are different to those of men, due to the perceived gendered share of responsibilities and roles. Historically, direct combat was exclusively recognized as the affairs of men, with many children and women being the victims due to direct targeting and displacement. Thus, women…

and was furiously attacked in print by John Dennis, a famous literacy critic of the day whom Pope had satirized in the poem. Dennis then retaliated by referring to Pope as a “humped-back toad.” In 1714 he published a more complex version of The Rape of the Lock. Between 1715 and 1720, he, William Broome, and Elijah Fenton wrote his verse translation of Homer’s Iliad (his translation of the Odyssey) and which, published at intervals over the years, in six volumes. 1717 saw the publication of…

down the hall, some older guy, possibly in his fifties, tried to pull me from the hall into his room. I scrambled out of his hands ran to my room, and advised my mom of the danger. My father was at work; my mother and I were there alone. She tried to lock the door, but it was defective. She took a wooden chair and propped it under the door knob so no one could enter the room. During the night it seemed to me like the door was rattled all night long, with someone trying to open it. I calmed…

to pull the trigger that just having a gun can save you from the real criminals and that guns had to use 2.5 million times just to ward off criminals. She also says that woman should really consider getting a gun for protection for the percentage of rape fails thanks to having a gun is 98%. So it’s easy to say that Sharon Harris is indeed in favor of guns. Now…

Times have changed. Americans are living scared, people are losing their loved ones, and violence is taking our lives. Things used to not be this way, back when people got along and violence was not much of an issue, people didn’t have to lock their doors or worry about carrying a gun around because you know you didn’t need it. Now, I can’t even walk into my own school without be buzzed in before being let in. It sickens me that things have gotten this low, and it seems they are only declining…

would lock me up in the coal hole for three nights.” (Wedekind). In contrast, Wendla’s family is loving and want her to be happy within the confines of their society. Nevertheless, Wendla has no confidant in her life that can answer her questions and guide her. Her mother, restricted by the Bourgeois way of thinking, refuses to answer any of Wendla’s questions regarding sexuality because it was considered taboo by society. Consequently, Wendla’s ignorance about sexuality possibly led to her rape…

of torture. Bride’s only way of getting her mother’s touch was to do something bad so she will hit her, but it did not work: “I made little mistakes deliberately, but she had ways to punish me without touching the skin she hated—bed without supper, lock me in my room—but her screaming was the worst” (31). Bride’s intention of getting in trouble did not go the way she wished. Instead of getting hit, Sweetness punishes her in a way ‘without touching [her] skin’. She made punishments that are as…

In today society, there is more than 2.3 million who are being held in jail and prison. In 2010, there were 330,000 mentally ill patients in jail or prison (Hunt, 2011). In the last two decades the number of people incarcerated has been on an unprecedented rise. The number of people in prison, jail, and Federal Prison are on the rise due to gang violence, the war on drug, the stiff penalty they give first time offenders, and the number of mentally ill people who are in prison or jail. Instead of…

GENDER DISCRIMINTION IN ARUNDHATI ROY’S “THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS” 1. Introduction Arundhati Roy was born on November 24, 1961, in Shillong Meghalaya, in Bengal, North Eastern India. Her father was a Hindu tea planter, and her mother was a Christian teacher and social activist. Roy began her education at "Corpus Christi," a school founded by her mother in Aymanam, India. This school was very informal. As a result, Roy developed a way of thinking and writing. From the beginning of her…

“The Meaning of Life” Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont The meaning of life can have different meanings, depending on who is trying to find life’s meaning; life is principally about living, not just surviving. The Shawshank Redemption is about pain, suffering, and oppression, and yet, as the movie continues; it becomes apparent that it is also about relationships, perseverance, and hope. Andy Dufresne, is a character who is sentenced for life in prison, for a crime he did not…